New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Corinthians 6:9
9as unknown and yet well known, as 1dying and yet behold, 2we are alive; as 3punished and yet not put to death,
2 Corinthians 6:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
- New International Version (NIV)known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
- English Standard Version (ESV)as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
- New King James Version (NKJV)as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed;
Context of 2 Corinthians 6:9
7in the word of truth, and in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, 8by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true; as unknown and yet well known, as dying and yet behold, we are alive; as punished and yet not put to death, 10as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. 11Our mouth has spoken freely to you, you Corinthians, our heart is opened wide.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 62 Corinthians 6:9 word by word
ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι καὶ ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι, ὡς ἀποθνῄσκοντες καὶ ἰδοὺ ζῶμεν, ὡς παιδευόμενοι καὶ μὴ θανατούμενοι,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 6:9
- Acts 17:18And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What could this scavenger of tidbits want to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 21:37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?
- Acts 25:14And while they were spending many days there, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are well known to God; and I hope that we are also well known in your consciences.
- 2 Corinthians 11:6But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things.
- Acts 19:26You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
- Romans 15:19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
- Galatians 1:22I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which are in Christ;
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of our affliction which occurred in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- Romans 8:36Just as it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We were regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:31I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily.
- Psalms 118:17I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9As unknown - Persons who are to be suspected as harbouring dark designs; persons of neither birth, parentage, nor respectable connections in life; And yet well known - Proved by our whole conduct to have no such designs, and demonstrated to be holy, upright, and useful, by the whole train of our peregrinations, through which we can be readily traced from place to place; having preached openly, and done nothing in a corner. As dying - Through continual…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9As unknown - As those who are deemed to be of an obscure and ignoble rank in life, unknown to the great, unknown to fame. The idea, I think, is, that they went as strangers, as persons unknown, in preaching the gospel. Yet, though thus unknown they endeavor to commend themselves as the ministers of God. Though among strangers; though having no introduction from the great and the noble, yet they endeavored so to act as to convince the world that they were…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10People often attacked Paul's character as an apostle, even calling him and his colleagues imposters. Despite these attitudes, Paul remained honest. They likely thought Paul was insignificant and could be ignored, a reckless person taking unnecessary risks that made him seem almost dead already. Paul countered each of their claims with insights into spiritual reality.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. unknown ... yet well known--"unknown" in our true character to those who "evil report" of us, "well known" to those who hold us in "good report" (2Co 6:8). Conybeare explains, "Unknown by men, yet acknowledged by God" (1Co 13:12). Perhaps both God and men (believers) are intended as knowing him (2Co 5:11; 11:6). dying ... live--(2Co 1:9; 4:10, 11; 11:23). Compare Gaussen's remark, see on 2Co 6:5. "Behold" calls attention to the fact as something beyond…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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